5 Embarrassing Tory PM Predictions These Pundits Will Wish They Hadn't Made

Well this is awkward.

Pundits have had to row back on predictions they made with conviction before Andrea Leadsom withdrew from the Conservative leadership contest.

The South Northamptonshire MP had many backers and was expected by some to go on to beat rival Theresa May when Tory members were balloted to decide the next prime minister.

Despite recently earning fervent criticism from Conservative colleagues for her comments on motherhood, many Leadsome supporters were adamant she would go on to clinch the top job - right up until an hour before her departure.

Here are five politicians and pundits whose predictions turned out to go horribly wrong:

Peter Bone

Wellingborough MP Bone cast his net wide when he speculated about the leadership of both the Conservatives and Labour when the next general election is due to be held.

Bone told the Telegraph less than a week ago that he expected Leadsom to become PM and that she would battle Jeremy Corbyn in a 2020 election.